Beyond the edge of certainty
Subtitle: essays in contemporary science and philosophy
By: edited by Robert G. Colodny.
Contributors: Colodny, Robert Garland.
Series: CPS publications in philosophy of science; University of Pittsburgh series in the philosophy of science ;; v. 2.
Publisher: University Press of America
Published: 1983
Place of publication: Lanham, MD
Language: eng
Number of pages: 287
Subjects: Physics.; Science -- Philosophy.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Reprint. Originally published: Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, 1965. (University of Pittsburgh series in the philosophy of science ; v. 2)
Table of contents: title: Newton's first law / Norwood Russell Hanson; title: The origin and nature of Newton's laws of motion / Brian Ellis; title: A response to Ellis's conception of Netwon's first law / Norwood Russell Hanson; title: A philosopher looks at quantum mechanics / Hilary Putnam; title: The thermodynamics of purpose / David Hawkins; title: The physics of the large / Philip Morrison; title: Problems of empiricism / Paul K. Feyerabend; title: The ethical dimension of scientific research / Nicholas Rescher.